Gameplay

Much like Total Drama Island, Chicken Dinner takes place over several cycles. Each cycle consists of a Side Dish, Main Course, Elimination Ceremony, and Cooldown (always in that order). At the beginning, the contestants are split into two teams and will partake the activities of each cycle in these teams until Merge.

Side Dish
The Side Dish, known in previous iterations of Chicken Dinner as the Mini-Challenge, is a quick challenge intended to finish in one short session. A side dish may not involve roleplay, but will always require creative thinking. Whoever wins a Side Dish earns a reward, usually an advantage in the following Main Course.

Main Course
The Main Course, formerly known as the Main Challenge, is where most of the fun takes place in Chicken Dinner! The characters will be assigned some sort of task to complete within a deadline (you'll always have at least 24 hours). This could be a creative project for the characters, such as putting together a stage performance -  or a roleplay-focused puzzles, such as figuring out how to defeat a monster. The winning team of the main course will not attend the following elimination ceremony.

Elimination Ceremony
The Elimination Ceremony is not where your character wants to be... Unless. Here, each attending character will have 4 hours to submit a vote against another character. Whoever receives the most votes is 'chicken dinner' and is transported out of the farm. This ceremony is a stressful time for everyone involved, so it is always followed by a cooldown.

Cooldown
The Cooldown is a challenge-free period where you are free to roleplay as you desire. Eat all the cheese sticks! Accuse someone of kidnapping a small child! The farm is yours! You may also notice some changes occur during this time period, which is explained further down. Cooldown will most likely last 24 hours, with a new cycle beginning immediately after.

Merge
When an undisclosed number of contestants have been eliminated, the Merge takes place. The teams established at the start of the competition are dissolved, leaving each contestant to fend for themselves! From then on out, only one contestant can win each Main Course. Everyone will attend the Elimination Ceremony- the Main Course winner cannot be voted for, but can still cast a vote.

The Jury Vote
The Jury Vote begins when only three contestants remain on the farm. All eliminated contestants, now known as the Jury, will enter the Jury Room, where the finalists will have the opportunity to give a speech in their favor. After that, an open discussion with the jury will be held, which is intended to further help the jurors decide which two finalists will move on to the final challenge. From then, the Jury will vote and the final two will compete in the final challenge to determine who will be crowned Winner Winner!